Timeline Project of Pacific Northwest History

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    Timeline Project of Pacific Northwest History

  • James cook

    James cook

    Died feb. 14-1779
    (specifics unkown)
  • George Washington Bush

    George Washington Bush

    one of the first settler of wasington state
  • Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Lewis and Clark Expedition

    to study the area's plants, animal life, and geography, and to discover how the region could be exploited economically. According to Jefferson himself, one goal was to find a "direct & practicable water communication across this continent, for the purposes of commerce with Asia
  • Oregon Trail Started

    Oregon Trail Started

    The Oregon Trail is a 2,000-mile historic east-west wagon route that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon and locations in between
  • Frederick Weyerhaeuser

    Frederick Weyerhaeuser

    Died April 4, 1914
    Created Weyerhaeuser Company
  • Chief Joseph

    Chief Joseph

    Peacemaker for a reservation in Idaho
  • William Boeing

    William Boeing

    founded Beoing Corporation
  • Athur Denny

    Athur Denny

    died jan 9-1899
    Founded Seattle
  • Great Seattle Fire

    Great Seattle Fire

    Burnt down seattle
  • Klondike Gold Rush

    Klondike Gold Rush

    Keish dicovered the gold
  • Grand Coulee Dam

    Grand Coulee Dam

    Construction began
  • Bill Gates

    Bill Gates

    Founded Microsoft and made computers and programs
  • Microsoft

    Microsoft

    American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions